New Delhi: At its new landfill sites, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi plans to generate electricity, cooking gas, organic manure and bricks from the waste generated in the city. To come up at Okhla and Timarpur, the landfill sites will have a waste treatment plant for which the corporation is likely to join hands with the East Delhi Waste Processing Company Private Limited (EDWPCL).

SOUMEN BHATTACHARJEE

The pond that was being filled up. Picture by Amit Datta
An anonymous complaint has saved a pond spread over 15 cottahs in Narayantala (West).

LONDON - What we throw away could soon be used to power our cars, if projects to produce ethanol from commercial waste are ramped up.

Some companies are exploring the environmental and financial benefits of putting waste to good use and are developing technology to produce bioethanol.

NEW DELHI: After spending Rs 132 crore to build the ultra-modern abattoir at Ghazipur, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Shiela Dikshit government on Wednesday were red flagged by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the Supreme Court for breaching environmental rules.

COIMBATORE: Solid waste management is progressing in all the 52 town panchayats in the district, even though at least half of them are struggling to find land to create landfills for the disposal of non-biodegradable waste.

But, almost all of them have managed to find ways to make manure out of biodegradable waste.
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With landfill sites full to the brim, MCD has no option but to explore new methods to manage waste
Ruhi Bhasin & Neha Lalchandani | TNN

Having exhausted its three landfill sites and with no alternative places ready, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is now pinning its hopes on any technology that will bail it out of the rather messy situation of waste management.

TACKLING TRASH

Melvyn Thomas | TNN

Surat: After joining hands for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Japan will partner Surat-based Gujarat Enviro Protection and Infrastructure Limited (GEPIL) to make Gujarat a

The standing committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has raised objections to the proposal for scientific land-filling and closure of the Deonar dumping ground.